The University of Johannesburg and Johannesburg Water have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that is the first step toward the two parties launching a collaborative effort to research and develop new technologies in the area of water and sanitation.
Of course there is currently alot of interest in the water quality of South Africa with the recent cholera outbreaks across the country, many experts believe the outbreak is due to South Africa’s own poor water quality and not because of infected Zimbabweans bringing it across the border.
What may surprise some readers is that one important area of research will be water nano-technology, advancements in this area will help improve waste water treatment and water quality assessment.
Millions of people in South Africa still do not have access to clean drinking water, even though it is the constitutional right of all South Africans to have access to sufficient water. It is definitely an area that deserves further research.
The opportunity to distribute water fairly and efficiently can be complicated occasionally by the fact that water resources often span political boundaries. Regardless if a government wishes to recognize the legal right to water, its relationship with neighboring nations might impinge upon its ability to implement it. More problems, one who increases in seriousness with each passing year, is that there is certainly simply less water to go around. Poor agricultural practices along with the expansion of the world?s deserts have left some places without water to talk of.